Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Local and Personal. Corn 47c; oats, 34c. Wheat 65 cents; rye, 40 cents. Bead The Democrat for news. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. The White county grand jury has recommended the building of a new sheriff’s residence and jail for that county. Dispatches from Minot, No. Dak., in Tuesday’s papers stated that two feet of snow covered the ground at that place and trains were greatly delayed. There are several former Jasper county people located in that vicinity. The schools of Jordan tp., began Monday with the following corps of teachers: No. 1, Hazel Lampson; No. 2, Jacob Jordan; No. 3, (no school); No. 4, James D. Davis; No. 5, Charles E. Sage; No. 6, Anna M. Bringle; No. 7, Anna Luers; No. 8, Merlie Lamborn; No. 9, Bruce C. Stevens. The thanks of The Democrat force are extended Miss Kate Mauck of Newton tp., also Miss Hattie Phegley of Marion tp., for some fine eating apples; T. M. Hibler of Milroy for some fine moskmelons, and T. A. Crockett of Marion for a mammoth watermelon and some luscious muskmelons.

Deputy Attorney General Harris was in Eentiand Monday looking np tines and forfeited bonds that have not been paid into the State school fond. He will give his attention to the collection of the forfeited bond of Frank Frogg of county seat election fame. Mr. Harris examined the records and found no entry where the forfeited bond had ever been paid.— Eentiand Enterprise. We read of the “second crop of strawberries’’ being marketed in several parts of the state. It is said that growers have become quite successful at this. The trick is in scattering straw over the plants as soon as the first crop is harvested and hnrning it over. This burns the vines off close to the ground. Boon a new set of vines spring np and a crop equal in size and flavor bnt not so prolific as the first is grown. John O’Connor of Eniman, has been working for some time to get better passenger accomodations on the U. & E. 1., and he now informs ns that the railroad officials have agreed to change the time of their trains so as to make close connections with the milk train at Fair Oaks, morning and evening, as soon as the postal authorities will order the necessary change in mail service on the line. To this end Mr. O’Connor is working on a petition to forward to Washington for that purpose. When this change is made Rensselaer people can visit Goodland and Eentiand and return home the same day. Of course it would give only atiout one hour in Eentland to return the same day, but would give several hours at Goodland, besides being much cheaper and more convenient than the present way of going around by Reynolds.